An enjoyable twist on the book Emma by Jane Austen. Juliet Archer brings the story into the 21st century.
It's updated with an added naughtiness which I think Jane Austen would have approved of in this day and age.
Sunday, 29 April 2012
The Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Alison Weir
A very enjoyable read by Alison weir. The relationship between Eleanor and Henry was tumultuous and passionate and soul destroying to each other. The book made the Plantagenets come to life, and such strong characters leapt from the page into my imagination.
reading challenge 2012
Have started a reading challenge again for 2012. I achieved my reading challenge in 2011 by reading 135 books, beating my aim of 130.
I have challenged myself to read that amount again , and today 29/04/2012 I am on track.
I have read some interesting books so far, and some awful ones and I'm restarting my blog again after some encouragement from a friend.
I have challenged myself to read that amount again , and today 29/04/2012 I am on track.
I have read some interesting books so far, and some awful ones and I'm restarting my blog again after some encouragement from a friend.
Friday, 10 June 2011
reading challenge
As a member of the book/reading site Goodreads , I have been updating my reading list and books I have read from the day I first picked up a book as a kid. I had noticed that several friends had started a reading challenge for the year 2011.
This seemed very interesting to me a glorified bookworm, and I decided to set myself a challenge of a 100 books to read this year. Now in June I am on my 57th book, and have been averaging about 9 books a month. I must admit when I was on holiday in April I ploughed through about 10 books in a week and they were very varied in subject.
With the added joy of fridayreads on twitter/facebook my reading list has grown immensely. I enjoy starting a new book every friday and posting it and occasionally I get the odd comment and last week a new friend on facebook. A european friend who lives in france, so as you can see reading brings people closer in many ways. i have made so many bookish friends via tweeter two and getting to know them through twitter has been an interesting and novel experience.
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Jane Austen
I just finished the book , " A Rude Awakening of a Jane Austen Addict. This book is set in 2009 in London and tells of the life of Courtney, but there is an added twist with the development of an 18th Century girl called Jane Mansfield turning up in Courtney's body overnight after an accident.
This story is funny, clever and a new way to see Jane Austen's World. I enjoyed the book very much, it made me laugh and feel for the character Jane. I also really like the male character Wes, who came across very strong.
There is a second book called the Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict , and I cannot wait to read it and see how the adventures of Courtney in 18th century England turn out. A great novel by Laurie Viera Rigler.
This story is funny, clever and a new way to see Jane Austen's World. I enjoyed the book very much, it made me laugh and feel for the character Jane. I also really like the male character Wes, who came across very strong.
There is a second book called the Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict , and I cannot wait to read it and see how the adventures of Courtney in 18th century England turn out. A great novel by Laurie Viera Rigler.
World Book NIght
Well last night was World Book Night, and I went to my local Waterstones store in Truro and handed out copies of Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. I enjoyed this book when I first read it a year ago, and when I saw it was on the list of World Book Night book i chose it as my choice of giveaway.
After giving away copies of the book in Waterstones , I went on to a restaurant called Ask and some of the books ended up in the hands of the staff there, who were either going to keep them for themselves or give them to their mother.
Quite a few copies went to friend's who I know will enjoy them, and two copies are being sent to Dover and Cardiff by post tomorrow. It felt really good to give out a book that I like and hope that others will too. I have read many of Margaret Atwood's novels, and with her being so strongly behind World Book Night and even attending the event at Trafalgar Square, I'm glad I chose her book.
I think the best part of World Book Night is that my mum ,a reader again for the first time in years is going to attempt to read the Blind Assassin. that piece of news made my day, as an avid bookworm myself. I was really pleased that my mum has started to put her nose back into a book, and now both my mum and I are trying to get my dad to join in. Hopefully the whole family will be reading again and I won't be the solitary bookworm any more.
For me the event has opened many doors. I am already in one book group and now a few friends and I are starting a new one and we are going to start with the book Beloved by Toni Morrison, which is one of then 25 titles from World Book Night.
Reading is one of my greatest pleasures and am often to be found in with my nose buried deep in a book. Wherever I go, I always carry one with me.
After giving away copies of the book in Waterstones , I went on to a restaurant called Ask and some of the books ended up in the hands of the staff there, who were either going to keep them for themselves or give them to their mother.
Quite a few copies went to friend's who I know will enjoy them, and two copies are being sent to Dover and Cardiff by post tomorrow. It felt really good to give out a book that I like and hope that others will too. I have read many of Margaret Atwood's novels, and with her being so strongly behind World Book Night and even attending the event at Trafalgar Square, I'm glad I chose her book.
I think the best part of World Book Night is that my mum ,a reader again for the first time in years is going to attempt to read the Blind Assassin. that piece of news made my day, as an avid bookworm myself. I was really pleased that my mum has started to put her nose back into a book, and now both my mum and I are trying to get my dad to join in. Hopefully the whole family will be reading again and I won't be the solitary bookworm any more.
For me the event has opened many doors. I am already in one book group and now a few friends and I are starting a new one and we are going to start with the book Beloved by Toni Morrison, which is one of then 25 titles from World Book Night.
Reading is one of my greatest pleasures and am often to be found in with my nose buried deep in a book. Wherever I go, I always carry one with me.
Saturday, 5 March 2011
The Reef
Just finished reading the book The Reef by Nora Roberts. I'm not sure I will be reading any of her work again. This book was a struggle to get into, with very small print and a slow starting plot. The characters at first were uninteresting and the plot was all terms and not much story. However the story moves on to five years later and all of a sudden the story is in fast forward. The characters seem to have grown and a romantic and sexual chemistry between the two main characters has not only developed, it has come full circle and almost takes up the plot.
The Reef focuses on shipwrecks and scavenging, historical marine archaeology and a lot of diving. The main focus is the character Matthew and his desire for revenge against an evil scavenger, who destroyed his life as a young man. However falling in love with Tate not only was unexpected , it also was short-lived until they meet again five years later. Here the story starts to get exciting, as they find a wreck and treasure. There is a race for a certain amulet and kidnapping, subterfuge and a thrilling conclusion.
Though I enjoyed the book at the end, I won't be in a hurry to read Nora Roberts again. If a friend passed a Nora Robert's book to me then I would probably read it, but I wouldn't personally rush out and buy it.
The Reef focuses on shipwrecks and scavenging, historical marine archaeology and a lot of diving. The main focus is the character Matthew and his desire for revenge against an evil scavenger, who destroyed his life as a young man. However falling in love with Tate not only was unexpected , it also was short-lived until they meet again five years later. Here the story starts to get exciting, as they find a wreck and treasure. There is a race for a certain amulet and kidnapping, subterfuge and a thrilling conclusion.
Though I enjoyed the book at the end, I won't be in a hurry to read Nora Roberts again. If a friend passed a Nora Robert's book to me then I would probably read it, but I wouldn't personally rush out and buy it.
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